Testing modular assets for new-ish project

[KentP]

@Gebba;28839

Looks really nice!

I recently started modelling some modular pieces myself, but had issues with (at least I think thats whats causing it) the ambient occlusion on the connecting surfaces. They are not overlapping, but it seems to generate some funky shading where the parts connect. An idea I had, which I haven’t tried yet, was to remove the faces of the mesh, on the surfaces that connect, to see if that helps. But then I saw this thread, and noticed you haven’t removed any connecting faces from what I can see here. Any ideas? I’m pretty sure the pieces aren’t overlapping, as they seem to snap to the grid perfectly aligned.

EDIT: worth noting that I’m primarily a programmer, so my modelling skills are not that great

Your ambient occlusion problem might be caused by how your UVs are setup or even how you export your FBX. What modelling program do you use?

I try to build all assets that snap to a 10 increment grid, each length being a power of multiple of 5 or 10 depending on the size of the object(wall in comparison to a lamp). The single wall section for example, is X=200 Y=10(base is 20 because of trim) Z=250. So things always line up nicely

EDIT: deleting connecting faces inst a bad idea. Unnecessary polys are best be gone.